CVE-2019-6461 Denial of service in n/a
An assertion failure in the Cairo graphics library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-6461?
CVE-2019-6461 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Jan 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue was discovered in cairo 1.16.0. There is an assertion problem in the function _cairo_arc_in_direction in the file cairo-arc.c.
Weakness: CWE-617
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-6461?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (4)
cairo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | All versions | 1.16.0-150200.5.11.1 |
cairo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | All versions | 1.16.0-150400.11.6.1 |
cairo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | All versions | 1.16.0-150400.11.6.1 |
cairo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | All versions | 1.16.0-150400.11.6.1 |
Products include Cairographics Cairo.
How do I fix CVE-2019-6461?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-6461 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-6461 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2019-6461, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6461, ECHO-a6dd-ac8a-e1a4, GHSA-pf7q-pwfc-88m3, JLSEC-2025-15, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2019-6461 and 3 more.